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Confronting an Authoritarian Internet – Voices from the Frontlines Event
In case you missed Internews’ event, Confronting an Authoritarian Internet – Voices from the Frontlines, in Washington, DC last week, we’d like to share some of the highlights with you. Internews’ partners work in countries around the world in which state...
Freedom on the Net 2019: The Crisis of Social Media
Internet freedom is increasingly imperiled by the tools and tactics of digital authoritarianism, which have spread rapidly around the globe. Repressive regimes, elected incumbents with authoritarian ambitions, and unscrupulous partisan operatives have exploited the unregulated spaces of social media platforms, converting them...
Attending Evaluation 2019? Check out our guide to this year’s conference!
Are you attending this week’s American Evaluation Association’s Annual Conference: Path to the Future of Evaluation? Check out DME for Peace’s recommendations for what’s not to be missed in Minneapolis, Minnesota! For a list of all the events, check out the Evaluation...
Stopping As Success – What is the role of INGOs in the localization agenda?
In June 2019, Stopping As Success (SAS) team members attended the 2019 Interaction Forum to share findings from their case studies and to share insights from the research during a panel session on, Transitions to locally led development: what is missing from the...
How can RCTs help us reduce violence and conflict?
In 2016, an estimated 560,000 lives were lost due to interpersonal and collective violence; some 100,000 of these were lost in battle. The recent Pathways for Peace report from the UN and the World Bank underscored the need to develop more innovative responses to address the...
Rights-Based Approach in Development Programming: Panel Discussion Summary
Understanding a Rights-Based Approach to Development On July 25, Pact hosted an event titled “Experiences in Rights-based Development Programming.” This session brought together more than 40 participants from a range of donor, implementer, and other organizations to explore rights-based approaches (RBAs) as...
Stopping As Success – Exiting responsibly: Reflections on Nuru Kenya
In this blog for Stopping As Success: "Four years ago, Nuru International exited from their activities in Kenya, leaving in place their local partners Nuru Kenya. Looking back, Field Operations Director of Nuru International, Amy Sherwood shares reflections from herself and Nuru Kenya’s Country...
2019 Global Peace Index: Trending Upwards
Peace is something that always presents a challenge to measure. It is hard to obtain an accurate view or estimate of global peace when it can be defined in many different ways. The Global Peace Index (GPI) seeks to measure and quantify...
Stopping As Success: What is required for a conducive space for local agency and power?
Isabella Jean from the “Stopping As Success” consortium, shares her reflections from a recent meeting on local agency and power and discusses the organizational practices that require attention in order to strengthen inclusive and locally driven peacebuilding and development processes. There were...
Freedom and the Media 2019: A Downward Spiral
Threats to media freedom are having dangerous impacts on the state of democracy worldwide. The Freedom House report, Freedom and the Media 2019, finds that leaders intent on consolidating power are finding new ways to repress independent journalism in democracies and authoritarian...
Stopping As Success: Capacity development in international transitions: can it be used to shift the norm?
In this article, Grace Boone of CDA Collaborative Learning, part of the “Stopping As Success” consortium, discusses capacity development in transitions, particularly focusing on the theme of psycho-social support for local actors given on behalf of INGOs during the transition. “Local staff...
Stopping As Success: “If the forest survives, we survive”: locally-led development in Bangladesh
In this article, Salem Osseiran of Peace Direct, part of the “Stopping As Success” consortium, discusses the theme of community agency in transitions, reflecting on a recent case study research visit to Bangladesh. “Stopping As Success” has, over the past two years,...